IRS whistleblowers sue Hunter Biden's defense counsel for defamation | 13 Sept 2024 | The two IRS agents who blew the whistle on the Hunter Biden tax investigation and significantly altered the course of the case, on Friday night sued the first son's lawyer Abbe Lowell for defamation. The two whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, are suing for libel because of the alleged damage done to their careers, and are requesting a jury trial in Washington, D.C. The whistleblowers originally brought concerns to the House Ways and Means Committee that the Justice Department had provided preferential treatment to Biden during a probe into his alleged tax violations. Shapley and Ziegler alleged in Friday's legal complaint that Lowell acted with malice by sending letters to several different Congressional committees, where the lawyer "falsely accused the Plaintiffs of violating grand jury secrecy rules...and the taxpayer confidentiality statute."